elixir
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
Types & categories
- liquid hypernym
Sense 2 noun
hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Types & categories
- substance hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a substance believed to cure all ills
Types & categories
- nostrum hypernym
- potion hypernym
- elixir of life hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | liquid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | nostrum |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | potion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | elixir of life |